My friend and I were talking on how she didn’t really like looking at herself in the mirror. I was the opposite. When I was young, my father used to cover a cloth over our man-sized mirror everytime he knew I was coming home from school. It’s that bad huh. I used to go straight to the mirror when I went back home.
Everyday, I would check how I smiled, talked, laughed, etc. Now, I still do, but not that much anymore. I think the advantage of not looking into the mirror always is so that you don’t alway get conscious of how you look like. Sometimes, you look at the mirror and it suddenly reminds you of weight loss pills. LOL. In my friend’s case, I think it’s an advantage. It makes you worry less. And because you don’t worry much, your stress level is not that high anymore. Hmmm…
March 16, 2010
My father-in-law has been complaining of knee and ankle pain. I guess it’s either the gout or arthritis. It has been like for a long time already. I really pity him because he cannot walk properly. He still goes for work so he has to be mobile.
Last week, he went for another consultation for his knee pain. The doctor recommended on taking something from his knee and put a substitute. But it costs something like 10,000 Malaysian Ringgits. It is quite expensive.
The lesson? When you’re young, please avoid taking too much protein. If possible, take the best joint supplement. I think it can prevent from having gout or arthritis in the future.
Sadly, most Indians eat a lot of meat. Meat is a good source of protein. I should cut back my husband’s meat intake.
March 16, 2010
Yes, it’s confirmed. I am a yo-yo dieter. I diet, I lose weight, I stop, I eat, gain weight. Then I diet, l lose weight, I stop, I eat and gain weight again. Which stage am I right now? You bet. The “I-eat-and-gain-weight” stage again. It’s quite annoying, right? And suffice to say, unhealthy too.
I wonder if those who are dieting and taking diet pills, do a diet pill comparison? I am asking because I need a diet pill that can help me lose weight and never gain back the weight again. You see, if you tread on a journey, you must consult first, right? I guess we could learn from those who do comparisons.
March 16, 2010
I’ve been hooked to Facebook. Unfortunately, I discovered Failbook. LOL. So now, I am hooked to both. Facebook, of course, it goes without saying… if you have a facebook with farm applications, you’re in for a hook. That’s me. Now, if you want some laughs and the source is from facebook, go ahead and read failbook. I can guarantee you, if you don’t laugh at the posted FAIL facebook status updates, you would laugh at the comments because many people do take it seriously. So yes, I’ve been sleeping quite late just because of FAILbook. Now, where’s that best acne treatment? I might need one of those later with me getting hooked on Facebook and Failbook. *grin*
March 16, 2010
Every household seems to have at least one notebook with them now. Gone are the days when people wished for a personal computer. Now, I think, everybody’s wishing for more notebooks. But I think some people are still using personal computers with custom mouse pads. I, for one, want my kids to use personal computers instead. When they use pc, you can put it in one place where you can see what they’re surfing and looking at.
March 14, 2010
One thing I like in Thailand is that they never stop nor become lax when it comes to checking for security reasons. Everytime we go to a mall, the security guards would stop us, check the boot, and use convex mirror to check the car under. It’s quite annoying for some… but I say, I like it coz it does really ensure the safety of the people inside the malls.
March 14, 2010
I wanna go shopping again. Kids need some things. Schenker has been telling me his classmates laugh at him every time he wears his trunks. I told him it’s a proper swim wear. But he said his classmates all wear something on top. Samantha’s swim wear is for her one-year old swim wear and it’s kinda tight now. So I need to buy those in a shop where there’s receipt printer. Would like to keep the receipts when buying kids’ stuff so I would remember when’s the last time I bought for them.
March 13, 2010
“See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.”
“God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.”
Isaiah 40:10b; Ephesians 1:5, 7
encouragement for today
Earlier we saw from Isaiah 40 that the Messiah will “bring his reward as he comes.” What is his reward? We are—the children he has redeemed by his blood. The Father’s desire was to adopt us into his own family, and it gave him great pleasure to have Jesus, his Son, do this for him. This plan was born of love from beginning to end—love from the Father to the Son and to his adopted children, love from the Son to the Father as he comes with his reward and presents us to the Father.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions
March 6, 2010
I just realized that last week, on Thursday, was my first time to be alone at home… like really alone. No kids. No husband. Just me, myself and I. It’s different when sometimes, I’m at home alone but with kids. Mom-in-law kept asking my husband whether I was okay being alone at home.
My house has alarm system. But somehow, we don’t really use it. The button was installed in our room so if we turn it on, it makes some unnecessary noise. I wonder why the owner of this house put it there, right on top of the bed’s head board. Now we can’t do anything about it. And we don’t have a manual on how to operate it.
Anyways, I was considering on searching online about some home security system, hoping to find the manual for our system but bumped into ADT instead. ADT Security System sounds familiar to me as most of the houses that hosted us while we were in America used ADT Security. Now that I have read about it online, no wonder a lot of people are using it. I have read that ADT has fast response. They offer an affordable 24-hour monitoring, and the best of all, easy to use home system. I kind of like the latter because the reason why we don’t really turn our security alarm on is because it’s a bit hard to operate.
March 4, 2010
“Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
“Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: “The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,” says the LORD. “Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.”‘
“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘This message you have given me from the LORD is good.’ For the king was thinking, ‘At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.’”
Isaiah 39: 2, 5–8
encouragement for today
God in his mercy spared Hezekiah’s life, but because Hezekiah’s pride continued, the consequences of his showing the Babylonian visitors his treasures would mean disaster for his descendants. Notice Hezekiah’s response to Isaiah’s message: outward assent but inward selfishness. He didn’t care about his descendants but cared only for his personal peace and security. This attitude permeates our world too. It’s the perfect example of how the sinful nature works: I only care abut myself and my own personal peace and security and do not care about the consequences of my actions or decisions for those who come after me.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions
March 2, 2010
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